VAN BUREN.
But there was no manifestation of feeling or apparent withholding of confidence on the part of Mr.Polk when the result was finally proclaimed.

On the contrary he offered the Treasury Department to Mr.Wright, feeling assured in advance, as the uncharitable thought, that Wright could not leave the governorship to accept it.

When the office was declined, Mr.Polk again wrote Mr.Wright, asking his advice as to the New-York member of the cabinet.

Mr.Wright submitted the names of three men from whom wise choice could be made,--Benjamin F.Butler, who had been attorney-general under President Jackson; John A.Dix, then recently chosen to the United- States Senate; and Azariah C.Flagg, eminent in the party, and especially distinguished for his administration of financial trust.
Mr.Polk, under other and adverse influence, saw fit to disregard Mr.Wright's counsel, and selected William L.Marcy, who was hostile to Wright, and distrusted by Van Buren, for Secretary of War.

From that moment the fate of Mr.Polk as candidate for re-election was sealed.